Toledo, Spain

in Jerez De Los Caballeros, Spain. He was a Spainard explorer and a conquistador. He was born into a noble but also born in a poor family. A generous patron funded his education to go to the Unniversity of Salamanco. His family wanted him to become a lawyer but he wanted to explore. De Soto proved his worth of exploration on his first expedition in 1514. It was an expedition to the west Indies. De Soto became a very wealthy man when when he had returned to Spain. De Soto went on…

American Indians were so diverse and 1491 because they had such diversity between the tribes their housing style had very between each tried. Many tribes had different languages which kept them isolated from each other four instance the Navajo people of the Southwest and the Cherokees of the Southwest were totally different. With such diverseness between tribes there were many tribes there were over 200 North American tribes that spoke over 200 different languages. Also had different cultures…

Immigrants came to the United States of America for many different reasons. They wanted to come here to make more money. Upon their arrival, the immigrants were interrogated and had long medical checks at Ellis Island. Even after they moved to America, they still face many challenges that made it difficult to live in this country. One reason that immigrants came to America was to have better jobs and make more money. “A worker in Greece made about five dollars a day, when a worker’s pay in…

For starters, I felt that this entire situation was somewhat ironic. Fleeing war, fearing for their life and dreaming of a better life far from the poverty and upheaval of their unstable nations, hundreds of thousands are flocking to Europe's shores (Smith-Spark, 2015). This statement immediately reminded me of why people immigrate to America, everyone is sold on the American dream and want to come here to better themselves. And the reason people are fleeing to the country is not just for…

The issues that the United States is currently facing was not the same as it was in the nineteen century. Illegal immigrants have been coming to this country from hundreds of years dated back as far as the sixteen hundreds. My parents being immigrants from the Dominican Republic entered this country 1965 and were residing in Manhattan, New York City for over twelve years and then moving to Boston Massachusetts in 1976. I know that my parents became United States citizen almost 20 years later due…

Ellis Island was a destination and a dream for many immigrants who wanted to start a new life. But for some Ellis island was a bad place because they had had heard stories about people being deported because of their bad manifests or documents about their history that where bad, for example like being a thief. But what had concerned most people was and the long, hard enduring journey that they had to face. “Ellis island was where all the immigrants went to find a new life” (Sandler, 7-8)…

and dying of small pox took take over the Inca Empire. He then founded the Spanish colony of Peru, ruling former Inca territories. Pizarro acquired much territory for Spain. Pizarro was illiterate and illegitimate; coming to the Americas was how he made his fortune. For Pizarro fame and fortune would have been impossible in Spain. Pizarro along with fellow conquistador Vasco Nunez del Balboa are credited for the discovery of the Pacific ocean. Pizarro did not have a good relationship with fellow…

Nativism in The United States “Get out of my country” is what people can be heard saying to immigrants in the United States. This is an interesting statement considering we are all immigrants to this great nation we call home. According to Dictionary.com the definition of nativism is the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. Nativists protest and create laws to limit immigrant rights under the guise they are trying to protect their country from…

Migration has been a big issue in America and all over the world since forever, and it is still a big issue. The most “popular” or known cause of people migrating is for a better life; people think that just by moving somewhere else all the problems will be solved, and that is a reason of why there is still a lot of migration in America and the world. In the book, The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family needed to move from Oklahoma to California, and it was all because of the crisis they were…

Portuguese family, but it was not for Portugal that he set forth on his famous around the world expedition, it was for Spain. In 1517 Magellan went to the King of Portugal to ask for his permission to set out for the Orient, there he would gather a lot of spices and return. But the King refused Magellan's request for a fleet; Magellan decided to leave Portugal and move to Spain. Two…